References and Abbreviations

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

BDAG  Walter Bauer and Frederick W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on a previous English edition by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2001). This is the standard NT Greek-English Lexicon.
Brown Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives of Matthew and Luke (Updated edition; Anchor Bible Reference Library; Doubleday, 1977, 1993).
DJG Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall (editors), Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity Press, 1992)
Green Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke (The New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1997)
 ISBE Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition). ISBN: 0802837859.
Life & Times Alfred Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (2 volume edition; Eerdmans, 1969, reprinted from the third edition, 1886)
Marshall I. Howard Marshall, Commentary on Luke (New International Greek Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1978)
Morris, Luke Leon Morris, The Gospel According to St. Luke (Tyndale NT Commentaries; Eerdmans, 1974)
Morris, Matthew Leon Morris, The Gospel According to Matthew (Pillar Commentary series; Eerdmans, 1992)
Strack and Billerbeck H.L. Strack und P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, München, 1956.
TDNT  Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten volume edition)
TWOT  R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980). ISBN: 0802486312

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